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#AAA970

#aaa970 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aaa970 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 66.27% green and 43.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.59% magenta, 34.12% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 58.97°, with 25.44% saturation and 55.29% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 5.4.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3809

Complementary

  1. #aaa970
  2. #7071aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa970
  2. #708eaa
  3. #8c70aa

Analogous

  1. #aa8c70
  2. #aaa970
  3. #8eaa70

Triadic

  1. #aaa970
  2. #70aaa9
  3. #a970aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa970
  2. #71aa70
  3. #7071aa
  4. #a970aa

Square

  1. #aaa970
  2. #70aa8c
  3. #7071aa
  4. #aa708e

Monochromatic

  1. #515030
  2. #81804d
  3. #aaa970
  4. #c7c6a0
  5. #e3e3d0

Shades

#aaa970 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa970
  2. #999865
  3. #88875a
  4. #77764e
  5. #666543
  6. #555538
  7. #44442d
  8. #333322
  9. #222216
  10. #11110b
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa970 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa970
  2. #b3b27e
  3. #bbba8d
  4. #c4c39b
  5. #cccba9
  6. #d5d4b8
  7. #ddddc6
  8. #e6e5d4
  9. #eeeee2
  10. #f7f6f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa970 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa970
  2. #a6a572
  3. #a2a173
  4. #9d9d75
  5. #999976
  6. #959578
  7. #91907a
  8. #8d8c7b
  9. #88887d
  10. #84847e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a793 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2a56c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a772 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2a29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa66e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a871 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa58b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa970 {
  color: #aaa970;
}
Background
.bg-aaa970 {
  background-color: #aaa970;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa970 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa970;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa970;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 169 112;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 25% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa970 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa970, #8eaa70);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa970 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 169 112 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.40 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.67 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.46 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 7.65 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.69 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.74 #55568f Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Sage
#aaa970  rgb(170, 169, 112)  hsl(59, 25%, 55%)  Sage
#7071aa  rgb(112, 113, 170)  hsl(239, 25%, 55%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#70aaa9  rgb(112, 170, 169)  hsl(179, 25%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#a970aa  rgb(169, 112, 170)  hsl(299, 25%, 55%)  Purple Mountain Majesty